The Qualified Self: Social Media and the Accounting of Everyday Life
Many of the ways we use mobile and social media today have longstanding precedents in historical media like letters, diaries, and home movies. What we think of as the ‘social media revolution’ is part of a much longer story about the use of media for connecting people through the documenting and sharing of everyday life. In this talk, Professor Humphreys will talk about her new book, The Qualified Self, which place mobile and social media into a longer historical context to reveal what is really new about these contemporary communication technologies, what future services might learn from historical communication practices, and what fundamental aspects of the human experience emerge through a variety of technological platforms.
Lee Humphreys, Class of ’99, is an Associate Professor in the Department of Communication at Cornell. She studies the social uses and perceived effects of communication technology. Her research has explored mobile phone use in public spaces, emerging norms on mobile social networks, and the privacy and surveillance implications of location-based services. Her recent scholarship tries to historicize social media into a broader context of communication practices. Often using qualitative field methods, she focuses on how people integrate communication technology in their everyday lives in order to facilitate identity management and social interaction. She received her BS in Communication from Cornell University and received her MA and PhD from the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania.
6:00pm reception; 6:30pm lecture, gratis. Members and guests are invited to dine at The Club with Professor Humphreys following the lecture. The cost is $45 per person, inclusive of tax, gratuity and one glass of wine with dinner. Dinner reservations are required 48 hours prior to the program. Same-day cancellations and no shows will be charged.
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